The Complete List of Foreign Bank Stocks

The complete list of foreign bank stocks trading in the organized U.S. exchanges are listed below:

a) Foreign Banks

S.No.CompanyTickerCountryReturns in 2009
1Allied Irish BanksAIBIreland-25.16%
2Banco Bilbao Vizcaya ArgentariaBBVASpain46.79%
3Banco BradescoBBDBrazil121.58%
4Banco de ChileBCHChile69.98%
5Banco MacroBMAArgentina175.05%
6Banco Santander BrasilBSBRBrazilN/A
7Banco Santander ChileSANChile84.93%
8Banco Santander S.ASTDSpain73.23%
9BancolombiaCIBColombia94.90%
10Bank of IrelandIREIreland60.59%
11Barclays BankBCSUnited Kingdom79.59%
12BBVA Banco FrancesBFRArgentina109.67%
13CorpbancaBCAChile112.00%
14Credit SuisseCSSwitzerland73.96%
15Deutsche BankDBGermany74.27%
16Grupo Financiero GaliciaGGALArgentina154.87%
17HDFC BankHDBIndia82.24%
18HSBCHBCUnited Kingdom17.30%
19ICICI BankIBNIndia95.90%
20Itau Unibanco HoldingITUBBrazil116.49%
21KB FinancialKBKorea94.08%
22Lloyds Banking GroupLYGUnited Kingdom-56.46%
23Mitsubishi UFJ FinancialMTUJapan-20.77%
24Mizuho FinancialMFGJapan-38.30%
25National Bank of GreeceNBGGreece36.75%
26Royal Bank of ScotlandRBSUnited Kingdom-38.10%
27Shinhan FinancialSHGKorea57.51%
28UBSUBSSwitzerland8.46%
29Westpac BankingWBKAustralia87.59%
30Woori FinanceWFKorea151.93%

b) Canadian Banks

S.No.CompanyTickerReturns in 2009
1Bank of Novo ScotiaBNS78.00%
2Bank of MontrealBMO116.20%
3Canadian Imperial Bank of CommerceCM62.20%
4Royal Bank of CanadaRY86.40%
5TD BankTD80.70%

In terms of performance, British bank Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS) is up 29% YTD. Barclays(BCS) and Llyods Bank(LYG) are up about 15% YTD. It must be noted that RBS fell heavily during the global credit crisis and had a 2: 1 reverse stock split. Itau Unibanco(ITUB), National Bank of Greece(NBG), Banco Santander Brasil(BSBR), Grupo Financiero Galicia(CGAL) and Banco Bradesco(BBD) are all down over 5% YTD.

Brazilian banks Itau Unibanco,Banco Santander Brasil and Banco Bradesco are the three most heavily traded foreign bank ADRs so far this year. The list of foreign banks trading in the OTC markets can be found here.

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